Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-09-09

MIX meyers was nneu S0.UU an
, costs III the Police Court Wednesday
for letting his back yard become
public nuisance.
The regular communion service O
the Ninth street Presbyterian church
; occurs next Sabbath in the forenoon
Preaching by the Pastor.
: Rev. j. w. Bigham is conducting
very successful revival at Vaughan
Chapel. Great interest is being man
Tested and large congregations ar,
present at every service.
Col, G. N. Pendleton is this weel
serving as special Circuit Judge a
Owensboro, in the absence of the reg
ular judge. Quito compliment t.
our former countyman.
Ebert Cobb and w. ID. Sheriff
were each fined IS and costs fol
drunkenness Monday. Cobb sworC
that the whisky was given to hin
and Sheriff. testified that he gol
drunk on hard cider.
In speaking of the sale of Mr. Cal
vim G. Layne's horse, Oscar Wilde
in our last issue, a mistake was made
in the figures. The sale was fol
81 800, instead of 5000.
Mrs. j. Ed. Summers, of Cadiz,
died last Thursday in the 39th year
Of her age. She was sister of Mr..
j. p. Gill, of GAINESVILLE, and was a
lady of many christian virtues and
estimable traits of character.
At a negro dance near Clarksville
Saturday night, Michael Seat was
held by Abe Thompkins while Chas.
Kennedy carved HIM TO death with a
razor. The row began over an old
grudge. Kennedy and Thompkins
were jailed.
Bud McReynolds, charged with
secreting stolen property, aud being
an accomplice of the Cooley boys in
stealing horses, was arrested by Mar
shal Ed Higgins this week aud lodg-
ed In Jail Tuesday, to await the action
of the grand jury.
Mr.. Jno. w. Logsdon, the popular
railroad agent at this place, was
agreeably surprised Tuesday morn
ing by having presented to him a
handsome Masonic watch charm. Ii
was the gift of the liberal-hearted to-
bacconists, Messrs. NJ. II. Clark &
Bro, of GAINESVILLE.
The sleight of hand performance
and spiritualistic seance at the Opera
House Tuesday evening was attended
by fairly good crowd. Some very
mysterious tricks we're performed
and the entertainment was a credit
able one throughout.
The 8 o'clock passenger train came
very near running into a rock train,
which had been left standing on the
track in the northern suburbs, Tues
day morning. Mr.. c. b. Williams
signaled the engineer, who succeeded
in stopping his train within a few
feet of the obstructing train.
The county court has appointed
Surveyor J. w. Armstrong, Col. A.
V. Townes, and Capt, r. I. McDan-
lei commissioners to survey the Hop
kinsyille district which was laid off in
1857. The object is to locate the line
to determine who will have to pay
the 0. V. Railroad tax. They will
be allowed two chain carriers at the
expense of the district, and will be-
gin the work next Tuesday.
On the evening of Sept. oath, Mr..
and Mrs. Kirtley Twyman will cele-
brate the sixtieth anniversary oftheir
marriage by giving All entertainment
at their house on Virginia street.
Mrs. Twyman was formerly Miss
Elizabeth r. Phaup. The venerable
couple are still hale and hearty and
have the promise of many years more
of life. Mr.. Twyman is now in his
Seth year and his wife is few years
younger.
A Jimson weed on the farm of
Mr.. s. II. Page, four miles northwest
of the city, has developed into ver-
liable shade tree. Ithas reached an
enormous size and now measures
ten inches in circumference at the
ground, and the branches will hold
up the weight of small boy. The
top from edge to edge measures elev-
en- feet in diameter. Mr.. Page has
already cut ,230 burs from itand the
weed is still green and thrifty and
shows no signs of having reached the
limit of its development.
The mattress factory recently start
cd by A. w. Pyle is the third enter
prise of a similar character set on foot
by that gentleman during the last
few years. A furniture factory on q
small scale and chair factory were
started, but high freights made them
Improbable and they were abandon
ed. The mattress factory is put oil fool
with a capacity Of two or three dozen
per week, but Mr.. Pyle will In
crease his capacity TO meet any de
mands of the trade If we getanoth
or railroad next year, there Ia no rea
SON why it should not be developed
into one of the important manufac